Brother Ristoro

Brother Ristoro (1465-1503) was a Minim priest during the Renaissance. He was known to provide religious icons, amulets, and equipment to the Papal States' army.

Biography
A brother of the Order of the Minims, court record show he murdered other members of his order who brought his corrupt practices into question. He vowed a life of piety and poverty, but practiced neither. He broke his vow of poverty and soiled every promise of purity, and in 1503 he poisoned two of his students who questioned his "habits" with prostitutes.

Death
One day, assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze found out from a Minim priest at the students' funeral that Ristoro killed them and that he was always guarded near his church. Ezio set out to do what the brother could not: kill Ristoro, who was a member of the Templar Order.

Ristoro paced a courtyard, surrounded by a building that had two guards on the roof. Ezio killed the two guards before jumping down from the rooftop to impale Ristoro in the back of the head with hidden blades. Ezio had nothing to say but "requiescat in pace", and he shut Ristoro's eyes.